The effects of ground granulated blast-furnace slag blending with fly ash and activator content on the workability and strength properties of geopolymer concrete cured at ambient temperature

Materials and Design

Volumn 62, Issue , 2014, Pages 32-39

  Deb, Partha Sarathi ^a   Nath, Pradip ^a   Sarker, Prabir Kumar ^a  

^a CURTIN UNIVERSITY   (Australia)

Author keywords

Ambient curing; Fly ash; Geopolymer; Ground granulated blast furnace slag; Tensile strength; Workability

Indexed keywords

BINDERS; BLENDING; CAUSTIC SODA; COMPRESSIVE STRENGTH; CONCRETE MIXTURES; CURING; FLY ASH; FORECASTING; GEOPOLYMERS; INORGANIC POLYMERS; SILICON COMPOUNDS; TEMPERATURE; TENSILE STRENGTH;

DIFFERENT PROPORTIONS; GEOPOLYMER; GEOPOLYMER BINDERS; GEOPOLYMER CONCRETE; GROUND GRANULATED BLAST FURNACE SLAG; GROUND GRANULATED BLAST-FURNACE SLAG (GGBFS); STRENGTH DEVELOPMENT; WORKABILITY;

MECHANICAL PROPERTIES;

EID: 84901474915     PISSN: 02641275     EISSN: 18734197     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.matdes.2014.05.001     Document Type: Article

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